TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART II POWERBALL GAME RULES

Amended November 15, 2012

PB RULE 26–DEFINITIONS
PB RULE 27–GAME DESCRIPTION
PB RULE 28–PRIZE POOL
PB RULE 29–PROBABILITY OF WINNING
PB RULE 30–PRIZE PAYMENT
PB RULE 31–TICKET VALIDATION
PB RULE 32–TICKET RESPONSIBILITY
PB RULE 33–INELIGIBLE PLAYERS
PB RULE 34–APPLICABLE LAW

PART III – SPECIAL GAME RULES: POWERBALL POWER PLAY PROMOTION

Adopted January 26, 2001; Amended July 5, 2002; May 4, 2005; August 20, 2008; December 8-9, 2009; August 25, 2010; June 24, 2011; January 5, 2012 and effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012;June 12, 2012.

APPLICABILITY OF THESE RULES
PB RULE A–PROMOTION DESCRIPTION
PB RULE B–QUALIFYING PLAY
PB RULE C–PRIZES TO BE INCREASED
PB RULE D–REPEALED
PB RULE E–PRIZE POOL
PB RULE F–REPEALED
PB RULE G–LIMITATIONS ON PAYMENT OF POWER PLAY PRIZES
PB RULE H–PRIZE PAYMENT

PART II  POWERBALL GAME RULES

Last Amended November 15, 2012

PB RULE 26—DEFINITIONS.

The following definitions apply to all Parts of these rules unless the context requires a different meaning or is otherwise inconsistent with the intention of these rules adopted by the Product Group. Capitalized terms used but not defined in these rules shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the MUSL Agreement.
Amended December 8-9, 2009; November 15, 2012.

26.1 "Agent" or "retailer" means a person or entity authorized by a Selling Lottery to sell lottery tickets.

26.2 "Drawing" means the formal process of selecting winning numbers that determine the number of winners for each prize level of the game.
Amended November 15, 2012.

26.3 "Computer pick" means the random selection of two-digit numbers by the computer system that appear on a ticket and are played by a player in the game.
Amended November 15, 2012.

26.4 "Game board" or "boards" means that area of the play slip, also known as a “panel,” that contains two (2) sets of numbered squares to be marked by the player, the first set containing fifty-nine (59) squares, numbers one (1) through fifty-nine (59), and the second set containing thirty-five (35) squares, numbers one (1) through thirty-five (35).
Amended July 5, 2002; May 4, 2005; August 20, 2008; June 14, 2011 and effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012;November 15, 2012.

26.5 "Game ticket" or "ticket" means an acceptable evidence of play, which is a ticket produced by a terminal that meets the specifications defined in the rules of each Selling Lottery and Rule 31 (Ticket Validation) or is a properly and validly registered subscription play. Amended October 5, 2004; November 15, 2012..

26.6 “Licensee Lottery” shall mean a state lottery or lottery of a governmental unit, political subdivision, or entity thereof that is not a Party Lottery but has agreed to comply with all applicable MUSL and Product Group requirements and has been authorized by the MUSL and by the Powerball Product Group to sell the Powerball game. Adopted December 8-9, 2009.
Adopted July 5, 2002; Amended March 5, 2003;November 15, 2012.

26.7 Repealed June 24, 2011.[Rule 26.7 reserved for future use.]

26.8 "MUSL" means the Multi-State Lottery Association, a government-benefit association wholly owned and operated by the Party Lotteries.

26.9 "MUSL Board" means the governing body of the MUSL, which is comprised of the chief executive officer of each Party Lottery.
Amended November 15, 2012.

26.10 "On-Line Lottery Game" means a lottery game wherein a player selects numbers out of a larger predetermined set or sets of numbers.

26.11 "Party Lottery" or “Member Lottery” means a state lottery or lottery of a political subdivision or entity that has joined the MUSL and, in the context of these Product Group Rules, that is authorized to sell the Powerball game. Unless otherwise indicated, “Party Lottery” or “Member Lottery” does not include “Licensee Lotteries.”
Amended June 20, 2006; December 8-9, 2009; November 15, 2012.

26.12 "Play" or "bet" means the six (6) numbers, the first five (5) from a field of fifty-nine (59) numbers and the last one (1) from a field of thirty-five (35) numbers, that appear on a ticket as a single lettered selection and are to be played by a player in the game.
Amended July 5, 2002; May 4, 2005; August 20, 2008; June 14, 2011 and effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012.

26.13 “Product Group” means a group of lotteries that has joined together to offer a product pursuant to the terms of the Multi-State Lottery Agreement and the Product Group’s own rules.
Amended November 15, 2012.

26.14 "Play slip" or "bet slip" means a card used in marking a player's game plays and containing one or more boards.

26.16 “Selling Lottery” shall mean a lottery authorized by the Product Group to sell Powerball tickets, including Party Lotteries and Licensee Lotteries. Adopted December 8-9, 2009.

26.17 "Set Prize" means all other prizes, except the Grand Prize, that are advertised to be paid by a single cash payment and, except in instances outlined in these rules, will be equal to the prize amount established by the MUSL Board for the prize level.

26.18 "Terminal" means a device authorized by a Selling Lottery to function in an on-line, interactive mode with the lottery's computer system for the purpose of issuing lottery tickets and entering, receiving, and processing lottery transactions, including making purchases, validating tickets, and transmitting reports.
Amended December 8-9, 2009; November 15, 2012.

26.19 "Winning numbers" means the six (6) numbers, the first five (5) from a field of fifty-nine (59) numbers and the last one (1) from a field of thirty-five (35) numbers, randomly selected at each drawing, which shall be used to determine winning plays contained on a game ticket.
Amended May 4, 2005; August 20, 2008; December 8-9, 2009; June 14, 2011 and effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012.

PB RULE 27—GAME DESCRIPTION.

27.1  Powerball is a five (5) out of fifty-nine (59) plus one (1) out of thirty-five (35) on-line lottery game, drawn every Wednesday and Saturday, which pays the Grand Prize, at the election of the player made in accordance with these rules or by a default election made in accordance with these rules, either on an annuitized pari-mutuel basis or as a cash lump sum payment of the total cash held for this prize pool on a pari-mutuel basis. Except as provided in these rules, all other prizes are paid on a set cash basis. To play Powerball, a player shall select five (5) different numbers, from one (1) through fifty-nine (59) and one (1) additional number from one (1) through thirty-five (35), for input into a terminal. The additional number may be the same as one of the first five numbers selected by the player. Tickets can be purchased for two dollars (U.S. $2.00), including any specific statutorily mandated tax of a Selling Lottery to be included in the price of a lottery ticket, either from a terminal operated by an agent (i.e., a clerk-activated terminal) or from a terminal operated by the player (i.e., a player-activated terminal). If purchased from an agent, the player may select a set of five (5) numbers and one (1) additional number by communicating the six (6) numbers to the agent, or by marking six (6) numbered squares in any one game board on a play slip and submitting the play slip to the agent or by requesting "computer pick" from the agent. The agent will then issue a ticket, via the terminal, containing the selected set or sets of numbers, each of which constitutes a game play. Tickets can be purchased from a player-activated terminal by use of a touch screen or by inserting a play slip into the machine. Tickets may also be purchased through a Selling Lottery subscription system as provided in Rule 27.6.
Amended December 21; 1998, February 3, 2002; July 5, 2002; May 4, 2005; August 20, 2008; December 8-9, 2009; June 14, 2011 and effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012; November 15, 2012..

27.2 Claims. A ticket (subject to the validation requirements set forth in Rule 31 (Ticket Validation)) shall be the only proof of a game play or plays and the submission of a winning ticket to the issuing Selling Lottery or its authorized agent shall be the sole method of claiming a prize or prizes. A play slip has no pecuniary or prize value and shall not constitute evidence of ticket purchase or of numbers selected. A terminal-produced paper receipt has no pecuniary or prize value and shall not constitute evidence of ticket purchase or of numbers selected. Amended October 5, 2004; December 8-9, 2009.

27.3 Cancellations Prohibited. A ticket may not be voided or canceled by returning the ticket to the selling agent or to the lottery, including tickets that are printed in error. No ticket that can be used to claim a prize shall be returned to the lottery for credit. Tickets accepted by retailers as returned tickets and that cannot be re-sold shall be deemed owned by the bearer thereof.
Amended November 15, 2012.
Comment. By proxy vote on July 7, 1993, the Board agreed that each Selling Lottery should check ticket numbers of returned tickets and report any returned tickets that contain a match for all of the numbers drawn to MUSL as non-winners after each draw. At it’s meeting on September 28, 1993, the Board reaffirmed its policy that tickets cannot be canceled. The Board also recognized that good retailer relations may require a Selling Lottery to compensate a retailer for tickets that are misprinted, illegible, or, for other reasons that may be acceptable to the Selling Lottery, cannot be sold by the retailer. This rule permits each Selling Lottery, at its discretion, to compensate a retailer for a returned ticket that is not eligible to win a prize at the time it is returned to the Selling Lottery. To avoid the appearance that a returned ticket is being canceled, the Selling Lottery should require that the ticket not be placed in transit until after the applicable drawing. Returned tickets are accepted only for a Selling Lottery’s auditing purposes and shall have no effect on the outcome of the drawing for which they were issued or reduce the Selling Lottery’s contribution to the jackpot prize pool. At its meeting on April 17, 1994, the Board agreed that tickets stolen by a retailer’s hired clerk cannot be accepted by the Selling Lottery as canceled or returned tickets. Although the rule would permit a Selling Lottery to compensate a retailer for the loss from theft if a lottery wishes to assume such a loss, the tickets cannot be canceled or returned to the Selling Lottery. The tickets are owned by, and winning tickets may be claimed by, the retailer.

27.4 Player Responsibility. It shall be the sole responsibility of the player to verify the accuracy of the game play or plays and other data printed on the ticket. The placing of plays is done at the player's own risk through the on-line agent that is acting on behalf of the player in entering the play or plays.
Amended November 15, 2012.

27.5 Entry of Plays. Plays may only be entered manually using the lottery terminal keypad or touch screen or by means of a play slip provided by the Selling Lottery and hand-marked by the player or by such other means approved by the Selling Lottery. Retailers shall not permit the use of facsimiles of play slips, copies of play slips, or other materials that are inserted into the terminal's play slip reader that are not printed or approved by the Selling Lottery. Retailers shall not permit any device to be connected to a lottery terminal to enter plays, except as approved by the Selling Lottery.
Amended December 8-9, 2009.

27.6 Registration of Plays. Subscription plays may be registered by the Selling Lottery at a lottery processing site that meets the requirements established by the Product Group and the Security and Integrity Committee.
Adopted October 5, 2004; December 8-9, 2009; November 15, 2012.

PB RULE 28—PRIZE POOL

28.1 Prize Pool. The prize pool for all prize categories shall consist of fifty percent (50%) of each drawing period's sales, including any specific statutorily mandated tax of a Selling Lottery to be included in the price of a lottery ticket, after the prize reserve accounts are funded to the amounts set by the Product Group. Any amount remaining in the prize pool at the end of this game shall be returned to all lotteries participating in the prize pool after the end of all claim periods of all Selling Lotteries, carried forward to a replacement game or expended in a manner as directed by the Product Group in accordance with jurisdiction statute.
Amended August 20, 2008; December 8-9, 2009; November 15, 2012.

28.2(a) Prize Reserve Accounts. An amount up to two five percent (25%) of a Party Lottery’s sales, including any specific statutorily mandated tax of a Party Lottery to be included in the price of a lottery ticket, shall be deducted from a Party Lottery’s Grand Prize Pool and placed in trust in one or more prize reserve accounts until the Party Lottery’s share of the prize reserve account(s) reaches the amounts designated by the Product Group.

The Product Group has established the following prize reserve accounts for the Powerball game: the Prize Reserve Account (PRA), which is used to guarantee the payment of valid, but unanticipated, Grand Prize claims that may result from a system error or other reason; the Set-Aside Account, which is used to guarantee payment of the minimum or starting Grand Prize; the Set Prize Reserve Account (SPRA), which is used to fund deficiencies in low-tier prize payments (subject to the limitations of these rules); the Power Play Prize Reserve Rollover Account, which is described in Part III of these rules; and the Low-Tier Prize Rollover Account, which holds the temporary balances that may result from having fewer than expected winners in the low-tier set prize categories. The source of the Low-Tier Prize Rollover Account funds is the Party Lottery’s weekly prize contributions less actual set prize liability.

Once the Party Lottery’s share of the prize reserve accounts exceeds the designated amounts, the excess shall become part of the Grand Prize pool. The Product Group, with approval of the Finance & Audit Committee, may establish a maximum balance for the prize reserve account(s).

The Product Group may determine to expend all or a portion of the funds in the reserve accounts, (1) for the purpose of indemnifying the Party Lotteries and Licensee Lotteries in the payment of prizes to be made by the participating lotteries, subject to the approval of the Board; and (2) for the payment of prizes or special prizes in the game, subject to the approval of the Finance and Audit Committee. The shares of a Party Lottery may be adjusted with refunds to the Party Lottery from the prize reserve account(s) as may be needed to maintain the approved maximum balance and shares of the Party Lotteries.

Any amount remaining in a prize reserve account at the end of this game shall be returned to all lotteries participating in the reserve after the end of all claim periods of all Selling Lotteries, carried forward to a replacement prize reserve account or expended in a manner as directed by the Product Group in accordance with jurisdiction statute.
Amended December 12, 2001; August 1, 2003; August 20, 2008; December 8-9, 2009; November 15, 2012. On May 13, 2013, the Group determined that, effective on a date to be determined, the prize reserve deduction is set to begin at two percent (2%) when the annuity jackpot, as determined after sales are known, exceeds $120,000,000.00, and four percent (4%) when the annuity jackpot, as determined exceeds $250,000,000.00. Approval of the Group is required to change the deduction percentages and trigger levels.
Comment.  On June 8, 1995, the Board determined that the Set-Aside deduction shall have priority over all other deductions. On January 13, 1998, the POWERBALL Product Group set the maximum SPRA at $25 million. The Powerball Set Prize Reserve Account and any Powerball set prize rollover monies, to the extent they exist, may be used to fund a deficiency in Power Play multiplier prizes. Monies from the Grand Prize Pool may not be used to increase a Power Play prize. On January 7, 2009, the Product Group increased the maximum PRA balance to $100 million. On November 15, 2012, the Product Group set the maximum PRA balance at $80 million. On May 13, 2013, the Group determined that, effective on a date to be determined, the prize reserve deduction is set to begin at two percent (2%) when the annuity jackpot, as determined after sales are known, exceeds $120,000,000.00, and four percent (4%) when the annuity jackpot, as determined exceeds $250,000,000.00. Approval of the Group is required to change the deduction percentages and trigger levels.

28.2(b) Licensee Lotteries. Licensee Lotteries shall adhere to PB Rule 28.2(a) unless a different process is approved by the Product Group.
Adopted December 8-9, 2009.
Comment. At its meeting on December 8-9, 2009, and under the terms of the Cross-Selling Agreement, the Product Group agreed to exclude the Licensed Lotteries from contributing to the prize reserve accounts with the agreement of the Licensed Lotteries to be responsible for the payment of their shares of all prizes won.

28.3 Expected Prize Payout Percentages. The Grand Prize shall be determined on a pari-mutuel basis. Except as otherwise mandated by jurisdiction statute or judicial requirements, or provided for in these rules, all other prizes awarded shall be paid as set cash prizes with the following expected prize payout percentages:

Amended June 14, 2011 and July 24, 2011 and effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012; November 15, 2012.
Comment: Due to jurisdictional law requirements, on November 15, 2012, the Powerball Group concluded that the California Lottery shall separately determine the low-tier cash prize values for that jurisdiction.

(a) The prize money allocated to the Grand Prize category shall be divided equally by the number of game boards winning the Grand Prize.

(b)(1) Party Lotteries. For Party Lotteries, the prize pool percentage allocated to the set prizes (the cash prizes of $1,000,000.00 or less) shall be carried forward to subsequent draws if all or a portion of it is not needed to pay the set prizes awarded in the current draw. If the total of the set prizes awarded in a drawing exceeds the percentage of the prize pool allocated to the set prizes, then the amount needed to fund the set prizes awarded shall be drawn from the following sources, in the following order: (i) the amount allocated to the set prizes and carried forward from previous draws, if any; (ii) an amount from the SPRA, if available, not to exceed forty million dollars ($40,000,000.00) per drawing. If, after these sources are depleted, there are not sufficient funds to pay the set prizes awarded, then the highest set prize shall become a pari-mutuel prize. If the amount of the highest set prize, when paid on a pari-mutuel basis, drops to or below the next highest set prize and there are still not sufficient funds to pay the remaining set prizes awarded, then the next highest set prize shall become a pari-mutuel prize. This procedure shall continue down through all set prize levels, if necessary, until all set prize levels become pari-mutuel prize levels. In that instance, the Party Lotteries and the Licensed Lotteries shall independently determine their pari-mutuel low-tier prize amounts and the Product Group shall determine the amount to be paid as the prize for each low-tier prize level.
Amended January 13, 1998; May 4, 2005; December 8-9, 200; amended June 14, 2011 and October 25, 2011 to be effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012; November 15, 2012.

(b)(2) Licensee Lotteries. Licensee Lotteries shall adhere to PB Rule 28.3(b)(1) unless a different process is approved by the Product Group.
Adopted December 8-9, 2009.
Comment. At its meeting on December 8-9, 2009, and under the terms of the Cross-Selling Agreement, the Product Group agreed to exclude the Licensed Lotteries from contributing to the prize reserve accounts with the agreement of the Licensed Lotteries to be responsible for the payment of their shares of all prizes won.
[(c) Repealed June 24, 2011, effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012. 

PB RULE 29 PROBABILITY OF WINNING.

The following table sets forth the probability of winning and the probable distribution of winners in and among each prize category, based upon the total number of possible combinations in Powerball. The Set Prize Amount shall be the prizes set for all states selling the game unless prohibited or limited by a jurisdiction’s statute or judicial requirements.

Amended July 5, 2001; May 4, 2005; December 8-9, 2009; June 14, 2011 and effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012; November 15, 2012.
Comment: Due to jurisdictional law requirements, on November 15, 2012, the Powerball Group concluded that the California Lottery shall separately determine the low-tier cash prize values for that jurisdiction.

PB RULE 30 PRIZE PAYMENT

30.1 Grand Prizes. Grand prizes shall be paid, at the election of the player made no later than sixty (60) days after the player becomes entitled to the prize, with either a per-winner annuity or cash payment. If the payment election is not made at the time of purchase and is not made by the player within sixty (60) days after the player becomes entitled to the prize, then the prize shall be paid as an annuity prize. An election for an annuity payment made by a player before ticket purchase or by system default or design may be changed to a cash payment at the election of the player until the expiration of sixty (60) days after the player becomes entitled to the prize. The election to take the cash payment may be made at the time of the prize claim or within sixty (60) days after the player becomes entitled to the prize. An election made after the winner becomes entitled to the prize is final and cannot be revoked, withdrawn, or otherwise changed. Shares of the Grand Prize shall be determined by dividing the cash available in the Grand Prize pool equally among all winners of the Grand Prize. Winner(s) who elect a cash payment shall be paid their share(s) in a single cash payment. The annuitized option prize shall be determined by multiplying a winner’s share of the Grand Prize pool by the MUSL annuity factor. The MUSL annuity factor is determined by the best total securities price obtained through a competitive bid of qualified, pre-approved brokers made after it is determined that the prize is to be paid as an annuity prize or after the expiration of sixty (60) days after the winner becomes entitled to the prize. Neither MUSL nor the Selling Lotteries shall be responsible or liable for changes in the advertised or estimated annuity prize amount and the actual amount purchased after the prize payment method is actually known to MUSL. In certain instances announced by the Product Group, the Grand Prize shall be a guaranteed amount and shall be determined pursuant to Rule 30.5. If individual shares of the cash held to fund an annuity is less than $250,000.00, the Product Group, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay the winners their share of the cash held in the Grand Prize pool. All annuitized prizes shall be paid annually in thirty (30) payments with the initial payment being made in cash, to be followed by twenty-nine (29) payments funded by the annuity. Except as may be controlled by a Selling Lottery’s governing statute, all annuitized prizes shall be paid annually in thirty (30) graduated payments (increasing each year) by a rate as determined by the Product Group. Prize payments may be rounded down to the nearest one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Annual payments after the initial payment shall be made by the lottery on the anniversary date or if such date falls on a non-business day, then the first business day following the anniversary date of the selection of the jackpot winning numbers.  Funds for the initial payment of an annuitized prize or the lump sum cash prize shall be made available by MUSL for payment by the Selling Lottery no earlier than the fifteenth calendar day (or the next banking day if the fifteenth day is a holiday) following the drawing. If necessary, when the due date for the payment of a prize occurs before the receipt of funds in the prize pool trust sufficient to pay the prize, the transfer of funds for the payment of the full lump sum cash amount may be delayed pending receipt of funds from the Selling Lotteries. A paying lottery may elect to make the initial payment from its own funds after validation, with notice to MUSL. If a Party Lottery purchases or holds the prize payment annuity for a prize won in that jurisdiction, that Party Lottery’s game rules, and any prize payment agreement with the prize winner, shall indicate that the prize winner has no recourse on the MUSL or any other Party Lottery for payment of that prize. In the event of the death of a lottery winner during the annuity payment period, unless prohibited by jurisdictional law, the MUSL Finance & Audit Committee, in its sole discretion excepting a discretionary review by the Product Group, upon the petition of the estate of the lottery winner (the "Estate") to the lottery of the jurisdiction in which the deceased lottery winner purchased the winning ticket, and subject to federal, state, district, or territorial applicable laws, may accelerate the payment of all of the remaining lottery proceeds to the Estate. If such a determination is made, then securities and/or cash held to fund the deceased lottery winner's annuitized prize may be distributed to the Estate. The identification of the securities to fund the annuitized prize shall be at the sole discretion of the Finance & Audit Committee or the Product Group.
Amended September 9, 1998, December 21, 1998, March 15, 1999, February 3, 2002; July 5, 2002; May 4, 2005; October 11, 2006; August 20, 2008; December 8-9, 2009; November 15, 2012.
Comment. Changes made to this Rule on December 21, 1998, are intended to provide players with the advantages offered by the changes made to 26 U.S.C. § 451. These rules should be interpreted in a manner that is consistent with the purposes, requirements, and restrictions of that code section. On September 9, 1998, the Product Group mandated a delay in payment to a Selling Lottery until the validation of the claim. On July 8, 2005, the Product Group set the graduated rate at four percent (4%) per year. On August 20, 2008, the Product Group authorized the use of a Party Lottery’s share of MUSL non-game earnings to fund annuity payments, as may be needed, in a manner other than provided for in this rule, due to mandates of local statute. Due to its jurisdictional law, on November 15, 2012, the Powerball Group concluded that the provisions relating to acceleration of annuity payments to an estate shall not be applicable to the California Lottery

30.2 Low-Tier Cash Prize Payments. All low-tier cash prizes (all prizes except the Grand Prize) shall be paid in cash or warrants through the Selling Lottery that sold the winning ticket(s). A Selling Lottery may begin paying low-tier cash prizes after receiving authorization to pay from the MUSL central office. If a Selling Lottery, due to jurisdictional law requirements, separately determines its low-tier cash prize amounts, it shall be solely responsible for its low-tier cash prize liability, and may begin paying low-tier cash prizes after a drawing when it determines appropriate to do so.
Amended December 8-9, 2009; November 15, 2012.
Comment: Due to jurisdictional law requirements, on November 15, 2012, the Powerball Group concluded that the California Lottery shall separately determine the low-tier cash prize values for that jurisdiction.

30.3 Prizes Rounded. Annuitized payments of the Grand Prize or a share of the Grand Prize may be rounded to facilitate the purchase of an appropriate funding mechanism. Breakage on an annuitized Grand Prize win shall be added to the first cash payment to the winner or winners. Prizes other than the Grand Prize, which, under these rules, may become single-payment, pari-mutuel prizes, may be rounded down so that prizes can be paid in multiples of whole dollars. Except with regards to low-tier cash prizes paid by a Selling Lottery which separately determines its low-tier cash prize amounts pursuant to Rule 30.2, breakage resulting from rounding these prizes shall be carried forward to the prize pool for the next drawing.
Amended November 15, 2012.
Comment: Due to jurisdictional law requirements, on November 15, 2012, the Powerball Group concluded that the California Lottery shall separately determine the low-tier cash prize values for that jurisdiction.

30.4 Rollover. If the Grand Prize is not won in a drawing, the prize money allocated for the Grand Prize shall roll over and be added to the Grand Prize pool for the following drawing. Amended July 5, 2002; June 24, 2011 and effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012.

30.5 Funding of Guaranteed Prizes. The Product Group may offer guaranteed minimum Grand Prize amounts or minimum increases in the Grand Prize amount between drawings or make other changes in the allocation of prize money where the Product Group finds that it would be in the best interest of the game. If a minimum Grand Prize amount or a minimum increase in the Grand Prize amount between drawings is offered by the Product Group, then the Grand Prize shares shall be determined as follows: If there are multiple Grand Prize winners during a single drawing, each selecting the annuitized option prize, then a winner's share of the guaranteed annuitized Grand Prize shall be determined by dividing the guaranteed annuitized Grand Prize by the number of winners. If there are multiple Grand Prize winners during a single drawing and at least one (1) of the Grand Prize winners has elected the annuitized option prize, then the best bid submitted by MUSL’s pre-approved qualified brokers shall determine the cash pool needed to fund the guaranteed annuitized Grand Prize. If no winner of the Grand Prize during a single drawing has elected the annuitized option prize, then the amount of cash in the Grand Prize pool shall be an amount equal to the guaranteed annuitized amount divided by the average annuity factor of the most recent three (3) best quotes provided by MUSL’s pre-approved qualified brokers submitting quotes. In no case shall quotes be used that are more than two (2) weeks old, and if less than three (3) quotes are submitted, then MUSL shall use the average of all quotes submitted. Changes in the allocation of prize money shall be designed to retain approximately the same prize allocation percentages, over a year's time, set out in these rules. Minimum guaranteed prizes or increases may be waived if the alternate funding mechanism set out in Rule 28.3(b) becomes necessary.
Amended November 15, 2012
Comment: At its meeting on October 25, 2011, the Product Group noted that a Set-Aside Account with a cap of $7.5 million dollars is established to fund guaranteed minimum Grand Prize amounts and minimum increases between draws. The Group has determined that the minimum Grand Prize shall be $20 million annuity and the minimum increases in the Grand Prize shall be $5 million annuity between draws. Beginning with the $2 game, with the first drawing planned for Wednesday, January 18, 2012, the Product Group has determined that the minimum Grand Prize shall be $40 million annuity and the minimum increases in the Grand Prize shall be $10 million annuity between draws. The Group may change guaranteed minimum Grand Prize amounts for future draws at any time.

30.6 Limited to Highest Prize Won. The holder of a winning ticket may win only one (1) prize per board in connection with the winning numbers drawn and shall be entitled only to the prize won by those numbers in the highest matching prize category.
Amended November 15, 2012.

30.7 Prize Claim Period. Prize claims shall be submitted within the period set by the Selling Lottery selling the ticket. If no such claim period is established, all grand prize claims shall be made within one hundred eighty (180) days after the drawing date.
Amended November 15, 2012.

[30.8 Repealed June 24, 2011, effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012.]

PB RULE 31—TICKET VALIDATION.

To be a valid ticket and eligible to receive a prize, a ticket shall satisfy all the requirements established by a Selling Lottery for validation of winning tickets sold through its on-line system and any other validation requirements adopted by the Product Group, the MUSL Board, and published as the Confidential MUSL Minimum Game Security Standards. The MUSL and the Selling Lotteries shall not be responsible for tickets that are altered in any manner.
Amended November 15, 2012.

PB RULE 32—TICKET RESPONSIBILITY.

32.1 Signature. Until such time as a subscription play is properly and validly registered with the lottery, or until such time as a signature or, if permitted by state, district, or jurisdiction statue, a mark or printed name is placed upon a ticket in the area designated for signature, mark, or name, a ticket shall be owned by the bearer of the ticket. When a subscription play is validly and properly registered with the lottery, or when a signature, mark, or name is placed on the ticket in the place designated, the person who has registered the ticket, or if not registered, whose signature, mark, or name appears in such area shall be the owner of the ticket and shall be entitled (subject to the validation requirements in Rule 31 (Ticket Validation) and state, district, or jurisdiction statute) to any prize attributable thereto. Amended November 20, 1998; December 21, 1998; October 5, 2004; November 15, 2012.

32.2 Multiple Signatures. The manner of payment of prizes for valid winning tickets bearing multiple signatures, marks, or names shall be determined by the rules of the Selling Lottery making the prize payment.
Amended November 20, 1998; November 15, 2012..

32.3 Stolen Tickets. The Product Group, the MUSL and the Party Lotteries shall not be responsible for lost or stolen tickets.

32.4 Subscription Plays. A receipt for a subscription play has no value and is not evidence of a play. A subscription play is valid when registered with the lottery in accordance with lottery rules and the person or, if permitted by the lottery rules, the persons registering the play shall be the owner of the subscription play. Adopted February 1, 2006.

PB RULE 33—INELIGIBLE PLAYERS.

33.1  A ticket or share for a MUSL game issued by the MUSL or any of its Party Lotteries shall not be purchased by, and a prize won by any such ticket or share shall not be paid to:

(a)       a MUSL employee, officer, or director;
(b)       a contractor or consultant under agreement with the MUSL to review the MUSL audit and security procedures;
(c)       an employee of an independent accounting firm under contract with MUSL to observe drawings or site operations and actually assigned to the MUSL account and all partners, shareholders, or owners in the local office of the firm; or
(d)       an immediate family member (parent, stepparent, child, stepchild, spouse, or sibling) of an individual described in subsections (a), (b), and (c) and residing in the same household.

Amended September 30, 1996; November 15, 2012.

33.2 Those persons designated by a Selling Lottery's law as ineligible to play its games shall also be ineligible to play the MUSL game in that Selling Lottery's jurisdiction.

PB RULE 34—APPLICABLE LAW.

In purchasing a ticket, the purchaser agrees to comply with and abide by all applicable laws, rules, regulations, procedures, and decisions of the Selling Lottery where the ticket was purchased.

PART III – SPECIAL GAME RULES: POWERBALL POWER PLAY PROMOTION

Adopted January 26, 2001; Amended July 5, 2002; May 4, 2005; August 20, 2008; December 8-9, 2009; August 25, 2010; June 24, 2011; January 5, 2012 and effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012; June 12, 2012.

APPLICABILITY OF THESE RULES: The Part III Power Play Promotion Rules are applicable to all Selling Lotteries, except as may be controlled by a Selling Lottery’s governing jurisdiction statute. The Product Group shall reach an agreement with such lotteries that will permit the operation of the promotion in a manner consistent with statute. Adopted December 8-9, 2009.
Comment: Due to its jurisdictional law requirements, the California Lottery will not offer the Power Play promotion.

PB RULE A — PROMOTION DESCRIPTION.

The Powerball Power Play promotion is a limited extension of the Powerball game and is conducted in accordance with the Powerball game rules and other lottery rules applicable to the Powerball game, except as may be amended herein. The promotion will begin at a time announced by the Selling Lottery and will continue until discontinued by the lottery. The promotion will offer to the owners of a qualifying play a chance to increase the amount of any of the eight (8) lump sum Set Prizes (the lump sum prizes normally paying $4.00 to $1,000,000.00) won in a drawing held during the promotion. The Grand Prize jackpot is not a Set Prize and will not be increased.
Amended July 5, 2002; May 4, 2005; August 25, 2010; June 24, 2011 and effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012; November 15, 2012.

PB RULE B — QUALIFYING PLAY.

A qualifying play is any single Powerball play for which the player pays an extra dollar for the Power Play option play and that is recorded at the Selling Lottery’s central computer as a qualifying play.
Amended November 15, 2012.

PB RULE C — PRIZES TO BE INCREASED.

Except as provided in these rules, a qualifying play that wins one (1) of the eight (8) lowest lump sum Set Prizes (excluding the Jackpot) shall be paid as follows:

 Amended July 5, 2002; August 20, 2008; August 25, 2010; June 24, 2011 and effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012; November 15, 2012.

[Rule D Repealed June 24, 2011, effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012. Reserved for future use.]

PB RULE E — PRIZE POOL.

E(1) Prize Pool. The prize pool for all prize categories shall consist of up to forty-nine and ninety-six one-hundredths percent (49.96%) of each drawing period's sales, including any specific statutorily mandated tax of a Selling Lottery to be included in the price of a lottery ticket, after the Powerball prize reserve accounts are funded to the amounts set by the Product Group. Any amount remaining in the prize pool at the end of this game shall be returned to all lotteries participating in the prize pool after the end of all claim periods of all Selling Lotteries, carried forward to a replacement game, or expended in a manner as directed by the Product Group in accordance with jurisdiction statute.
Amended May 4, 2005; August 20, 2008; December 8-9, 2009; June 24, 2011 effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012; November 15, 2012.

E(2) Prize Reserve Accounts. An additional four-one-hundredths of one percent (0.04%) of sales, including any specific statutorily mandated tax of a Selling Lottery to be included in the price of a lottery ticket, may be collected and placed in trust in the Power Play Prize Reserve Rollover Account, for the purpose of paying Power Play prizes, until the prize reserve account reaches the amount designated by the Product Group.
Amended June 24, 2011 effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012; November 15, 2012.
Comment. Monies in the Power Play prize reserve account and Power Play rollover account may not be used to fund a deficiency in Powerball set prizes and may only be used to pay Power Play-related prize amounts. Amended August 20, 2008; August 25, 2010.

E(3) Licensee Lotteries. Licensee Lotteries shall adhere to PB Rule E(2) unless a different process is approved by the Product Group.
Adopted; December 8-9, 2009.
Comment. At its meeting on December 8-9, 2009, and under the terms of the Cross-Selling Agreement, the Product Group agreed to exclude the Licensee Lotteries involved in the cross-selling initiative of Powerball and Mega Millions from PB Rule E(2) and such lotteries shall be responsible for the payment of all prizes won in those jurisdictions.

E(4) Expected Prize Payout. Except as provided in these rules, all prizes awarded shall be paid as lump sum set prizes. Instead of the Powerball set prize amounts, qualifying Power Play plays will pay the amounts shown in PB Rule C. In certain rare instances, the Powerball set prize amount may be less than the amount shown. In such case, the eight (8) lowest Power Play prizes will be changed to an amount announced after the draw. For example, if the Match 4+1 Powerball set prize amount of $10,000.00 becomes $5,000.00 under the rules of the Powerball game, then a Power Play player winning that prize amount would win $20,000.00.
Amended May 4, 2005; August 20, 2008; August 25, 2010; June 24, 2011 and effective for draws beginning draw January 18, 2012; November 15, 2012.

[Rule F Repealed June 24, 2011, effective for draws beginning January 18, 2012 and reserved for future use.]

PB RULE G — LIMITATIONS ON PAYMENT OF POWER PLAY PRIZES.

G(1) Prize Pool Carried Forward. For Party Lotteries, the prize pool percentage allocated to the Power Play set prizes shall be carried forward to subsequent draws if all or a portion of it is not needed to pay the set prizes awarded in the current draw.
Amended December 8-9, 2009.

G(2)(a) Party Lotteries - Pari-Mutuel Prizes—All Prize Amounts. For Party Lotteries, if the total of the original Powerball set prizes and the Power Play prizes awarded in a drawing exceeds the percentage of the prize pools allocated to the set prizes, then the amount needed to fund the set prizes (including the Power Play prize amounts) awarded shall be drawn from the following sources, in the following order: (i) the amount allocated to the set prizes and carried forward from previous draws, if any; (ii) an amount from the Powerball Set-Prize Reserve Account, if available in the account, not to exceed forty million dollars ($40,000,000.00) per drawing. If, after these sources are depleted, there are not sufficient funds to pay the set prizes awarded (including Power Play prize amounts), then the highest set prize (including the Power Play prize amounts) shall become a pari-mutuel prize. If the amount of the highest set prize, when paid on a pari-mutuel basis, drops to or below the next highest set prize and there are still not sufficient funds to pay the remaining set prizes awarded, then the next highest set prize, including the Power Play prize amount, shall become a pari-mutuel prize. This procedure shall continue down through all set prizes levels, if necessary, until all set prize levels become pari-mutuel prize levels. In that instance, the money available from the funding sources listed in this rule shall be divided among the winning plays in proportion to their respective prize percentages. Powerball and Power Play prizes will be reduced by the same percentage.
Amended August 20, 2008; December 8-9, 2009; August 25, 2010; June 12, 2012; November 15, 2012.
Comment. By action on January 7, 2009, the Product Group agreed to combine the Powerball and Power Play prize pools in the rare instance when the set prizes, pursuant to the rules, are paid on a pari-mutuel basis, so that the Power Play prize amounts, as provided for in the rules, will remain in effect for all prize levels. Amended August 25, 2010.

(G)(2)(b) Licensee Lotteries. Licensee Lotteries shall adhere to PB Rule G(2)(a) unless a different process is approved by the Product Group.
Adopted December 8-9, 2009.
Comment. At its meeting on December 8-9, 2009, and under the terms of the Cross-Selling Agreement, the Product Group agreed to exclude the Licensed Lotteries involved in the cross-selling initiative of Powerball and Mega Millions from PB Rule G(2)(a) and such lotteries shall be responsible for the payment of all prizes won in those jurisdictions.

PB RULE H – PRIZE PAYMENT

H(1) Prize Payments. All Power Play prizes shall be paid in one lump sum through the Selling Lottery that sold the winning ticket(s). A Selling Lottery may begin paying Power Play prizes after receiving authorization to pay from the MUSL central office.

H(2) Prizes Rounded. Prizes that, under these rules, may become pari-mutuel prizes, may be rounded down so that prizes can be paid in whole dollars. Breakage resulting from rounding these prizes shall be carried forward to the prize pool for the next drawing.
Amended August 25, 2010; November 15, 2012.